Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a series of bills designed to strengthen the environment in Washington state. Inslee signed the Climate Commitment… Continue reading
Four counties that had been in a more restrictive second phase of Washington state’s current COVID-19 reopening plan have joined… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed one of the nation’s most ambitious packages of police accountability legislation, prompted by last year’s outcry for racial… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a $59 billion, two-year state operating budget that he said would… Continue reading
The state Department of Natural Resources has returned to Camano Island again to remove creosote-coated pilings carried by the… Continue reading
Move dependent upon vaccination rate
Openly carrying guns and other weapons are now prohibited at the Washington state Capitol and public… Continue reading
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will award $723,000 in grants to monitor beach water quality and set up public notification programs in Washington,… Continue reading
Landlords will be required to provide a valid reason for ending certain leases with tenants, under a measure signed into… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a measure aimed at preventing tens of thousands of people a year… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure that will soon offer an alternative to prison for people with a serious… Continue reading
More people in Washington state died of drug overdoses in 2020 than any other year in at least the past decade, according to… Continue reading
Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting… Continue reading
More people will be allowed at indoor and outdoor spectator events and indoor religious services if there are designated COVID-19… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill to ban the use of Native American names, symbols and images as school… Continue reading
A new tax on capital gains would be imposed on the sale of stocks and bonds… Continue reading
The state Legislature has approved a measure requiring police to intervene if they see a fellow officer using, or attempting to use, excessive… Continue reading
Applications are open for the annual In the Spirit Contemporary Native Arts exhibition, held each summer at the Washington State History Museum. The… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee has commuted the sentences of more than a dozen drug offenders in the past… Continue reading
The amount of fraudulent payments of unemployment benefits distributed in Washington state during the height of the coronavirus pandemic was likely higher than… Continue reading
